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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-05-28
Call at D. Bloch & Bro. e.

Window Shades at Alberts.
Marx-COr. Ryan aud Broad SITS.
Mar1-Cor. Ryan and Broad SITS.
Marz's speciality is white Goods.
Album s and scrapbooks, at Albert's.
Boots and Shoes made to order at
Leon Viterbo's.
George d Swift keep a full supply
of Charcoal aud Shop Coal
Fancy Toilet articles, at Kearney's.
Marx-Cor. Ryan and Broad SITS.
White Swiss Robes, $500 at Marks.
D. Bloch & Bro. keep the largest
stock of Straw Hats in town.
Toll du Nord Robes, all colors, SO,
at Marks.
Drugs, pure and fresh, at NJ. D.
Kearney's.
If You want frst-elass Groceries,
Thomas & Co.'s is the place to get
them.
Zyper NainsOok Robes, ali colors,
$500, at Marks.
Thimble Skein Wagons, % 10.
$55, at J. w. BRYAN's.
Marx--Cor. Ryan and Broad SITS.
All drugs sold at Kearney's are
fresh. and sold at reasonable rates.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

senator Philetus SAWYER has returned
10 the capital. he says be ia not %
roiy poly e. he was when be vent 60
Wisoonsin In Aug1sa. Thare nsad - Be
q tins vhen be could not 80 hts shoes.
and hs bad % tie them By feeling, bot
no9 be oan eee even his knees. fhe
Senaa0r brides himself On his strength
Of arm, ana while home this fall ks pot
on hlua blouse and worked IN one OF
his sAWmilla He thinks hs can handle
. sa0 loR With - maob graes ead dis
paaeh aH ever be oousd. He ssils pretty
good Ntefy on hfmself. One day, while
80 sas a work IN TIE nili. wealthy and
ea1aEpriane youna 61stnsas man cane -
Oshkush y sss hiu. AZ ths oease be
was asld thai Mr.. Sawyer waa IN The
mill. The yoapR ChieaRoan, dressed n
the hiahtof aayia. .tiptosd his way Into tha
mill aad nnaIly toand . toiiy iit1le cd
pit 1lina eireaiaR go. HIS bald hsa1
cas- bass. his hands wsss gEiay vita Ell
and saw hIiag. and biz Santa MAas faol
ses vst vita .. rspirakioa. Gotzg 40 se
aim As asked;
~Osa VOC asll ne vhass = and Mr.
8awsaffs
Rlsas hsrs:- s.ia The Jolly faa ns.
Tn SAWYER"
~Oh-ak-sxsuss nA,s fslteFed ~
Chisseoan. - 1 didn's knog y0a wsr'
suon a-es rashsr-ehen--ld didn't sup-
pnss yoa iookod -thAt h. I hardly ax
pscssd - nnd ycu % bAld, Mr.. sawyer.
and ne yoana fsllsU, t1fnina white ane
rsd VITA every wusd Ne uttered. hegn1 q
psrspiFe and wish BE- lad staaisd ap -
forehand tns nrf q aAlking - . ptail
Yankna Qunrto 1fllsnuniEs wAo esui(
wsar = hlns bls1ss and hls saws baid
hnaAsd YES Yerk swM.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01
A PaANron FLEEr.

"Did yOo ever sse phantom sbipf'
said one ofioer.
" Frequently" replied the captain Of
the marines. / sailed cruise aboar6
the Flying Datohman, and am on iRe.
uats terms with all the phantom skip.
pors afioat. I have also seen q sea aes.
pent. He has two eyes--a green one on
the skaxboard eide ABd red one On the
port. That ia 10 avoid collision, you
know"
"yoks all yoa want to-" replied Q
lieutsnant. II have been frightened
ous Of my Wi's mora thal onSs BY see
ing fer the monent what thought was
Q phantom ship. Some Of the mer.
chant vessels are very careless abo1i
their lights, and % h certainly STARTLING
in dark night 10 sec Rrsas whita pile
Of eaavas suddenly leo@ up& oas
aboard. and then disappear Without
sign or sound. All mea Who follow the
asa are more OF less snpeEstitious; none
uoora so thAn the hahsrEnen Of the
Grand Banks, who spend their lives
amid the foRs and ssormsof the Norsh
Atlantic.
"One supersaition whish 10 armly b.
Iieved along the coast Of she maritime
provinces is that Of the paantom aset
Of 81. MAry's Bay, Wild and rock
bound inlet on the coast Of He9fOund-
land. In August, 1864, terrible Storm
swept ever he Newfoundland eoeEl.
and the homsward- bound nshiER heet
100 vessels In al, pot into - MaFyil
Bay for shelter. There every one of
them wens down, and nou, whsa thl
fog 10 thick and The storms are hlgh
ever 6s. Aaryss Bay, the 6ahsgmen 30
lieva thas Q ahosily aeot sails theEe--
the phantoma sf she lost vssssiA
have seen hshermsn ready 10 swear
shas wheu seeking shelter In the bay
they have zen thrsaRh The fog ana
saofm Thas unearthly nsst sweep BY.
and have heard tbs Shouts Of men,
whose bones foe years have been ths
aDoEs Of the hoy waves that bssak %
hat storm-boand oeasl."-Hsss Yorl
Trskmna.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

Sinaa TIE wAF with Germany, Fsmnce
has besn enliRhtenine ths world on he
sub1set Of spendi2a money and runrinR
Ia dbl. France has ths largest
national debt 10 The World. Iselu9ing
EoAtina dsbt Of some 500 0oo 900. ths
aggregate cannot be mach les tban
e5 000O6o .00a, and lt IA continually in-
eressine, bsssuse there Il an annual de-
auit Of e300o0. 600. The annsAl inter
est charge is unneoesaaFily large How
ever it may ~ n0w, fsW PEARS ago 4
was entirely prnctieabie % rsdaos the
ehasea eonsidsFahly beiow I've pr osnt
--perhAps - loW ~ three pof ea1t.
Bns she GgteFnnssnt .dafs nee propose
any sneh thina, beosuss the femtea wsFe
% { vsFy Rrsat extent 10 TIE hands Of
peasants aud small ahopkespeFs and
ethasa eatslde o. The wealthy classes.
and ths GossfnInent was AFRAID q
oasnaina them.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

A NAvAI TnnA.--Ths Mes York Herald
shows shat the Unitsd States might bald
and squip q nrst eiass mail line fro8
Monfank Point Long Island 10 Milford
Haven, IL Waise. and 50 ahorten Tie
tims across the Atlantis. That Ia not a
bad idsa, bat Boston soaid b a bstteF
ssaftiaa pises shan Mautank Point.
Here Il Z naval idaa. There hsa been .
great Zeal Of talk eb0nt q navy. Why
sbonId not the gDvoFnment build 3 lo9
of sisamships Of the highest speed. pai
them In command Of naval oliiosfas ana
snploy them - mail carriers between
tha United States and foreign paFia
We might baVe sueh mail ste4mshlp
limes frem New YoEk 70 the Atisnaie
ports of 0onih Ameflsa. and b toe way
- TIE fsthmngof PanaAa te tho faeIaa
ports Of south Ameriea from bzeion
y Eusopsan and African ports from
San RFannlsso 10 Aniatle and AuslFallan
ports. and 81 en- Il e4so of foreign
iFsnhls, thnse ata4mahips oould So a.
onus turnod into fass ofninsFa. II Ags
ysahs sWsnty Eve gush vessnig could he
iSallt, and n ten years 1fsy. Theao yae-
snfs akonld Be of tear % Eve thogaand
toas-parhaps asGe Of them lnFzsg-
wish : rpsad ~ eia11aen e. twenty knolf
a. honFs- 6essom Aaval4.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

II Nsw York siIl only b. pskieas few
years magbs Esanos vii plessnt haE
Win q maunmens of daneEal 8rMna.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

PARIA. Dec. S1.-M. 0obls, Prime
Minister. received syndicate Of mem.
oers Of the Paris Stock Exchange 20
day. de told tAem be did not believe
that var was imminsDf. Relations
with every pewer were excellent, bat,
be added. 10 view the possibility Of var
oalnly, the nation must be- Powerful
enough to profeot her fipkta
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

NEW YonK, Dec. sl.--CaIlina atten-
li0n 10 the fact shat twelve 50 ton guns
are on the way from England 10 Veto
ria, b. o., che Herald says THAI u all of
the 1I2S large guns possessed By this
Government were mounted at San
Francisco they could nos protest that
city against even one Of the twelve 90
ton guns.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

CnIcAao. Dec. 3l.--Ths Times SAYS
that fsrmal annoareement haa been
ssnt out by Commissionsr MldRely, OF
the Pacific Coast Agency, that on Jan.
lea that organization will cease 30 eK-
ist. THIS action vas probably hastun-
ed BY the fact that several OF the roads
bad notified the Commissioners thai
they would no longer honor drafts for
hhaIr nhara nl lhA nrnnnaaa
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

SRATxEK Dee. Sl..-The ship Oriental.
CAp2 6lsteA, with 80 tsns Of seattle
caAl. and ths ship SpaFt4n, Capt. MAI
gran Politeo. with 9i65 toas of Black
Diamond zeal, sailed for San Francisco
yesterday afternoon
PoEr rovNsExp, Dec. Sl.-ArFiVed--
ship Blue Jacket and harkentins oaiek-
step.
PonT GAAEHzn, Dee. 2-Arived %
the Solh. baFk California.
The Government line is doWn. and
there is no Fepsrt frenl the Straits.
eAN fAANersoo. Dec. Sl.-Sailea-
Steamship Qusen Of the Paoiac. fer
Astoria; stsamsr Mexico. for Seattle.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01
Taikin9 mover.

LONDON, Dss. SILT u undeFstood
thas Lord Salisbury explained 10 Lord
Harrington the financial and legislative
program for the coming sessioB Of Par
lament, and thts program, which gives
Rroaud fee contanfion from The Uaiou-
ist p0int Of view, uAs approved By Lord
Harrington. sir Wm. vernon Hageouxl
bad loag iniarvfsw today with Chan
beElAfn.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

EKw YonK. Dsa. ol.--U. \. B'a. l0i,
Ps, l2s1(; t1<s. 11ok; PAciAe sc, l2Bi
Passse. -; Erie, sl5l; Kansas& a Tax
a., S55(; NoTIhern Fseias, 77H; pre-
ferEsd. 6l5li Northwestern. 1i55fj n. Y.
rent, az; Pasiiie Mail, soI(; Paaama,
Fargo ex dividend. -; western Union.
M; Rio 0rAnda A New Mdxiea. -.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

81. LouIs, Dec. sl.-Reesivers Tnllt
and HumphFsys today made fernai 70.
leass Of Toe lines Of the Wahaah eaas ok
the Mississippi river 70 sndRs Ooolsy,
the FeosiveF recently appointed b.
Jaage Gresham.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

Lord Randolph Churchill today,
through DFummond Wold. consented
70 resnme OtAoa On eondiaion that Lord
Salisbury give assurance that he Woeld
support his ehareh bill, and tbe pro-
posed reform Of abuses In the navy
and military administration. Baron
Rowtan osnveyed Abe offer 10 Lord
Salisbury. who Fuiested Il IN terms shat
win make the bfsaeh hetween him and
OharuhilI even vidsr.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

Lord Hartinat0n has informed Lord
Salisbury that be and bic colleagues. IN.
oladiuR Mr.. Goshen, we're In aeoord IN
the belief that u 10 net advisable 70
form . osalition government, but peom-
iss % eontiDus 70 give The Ministry Q
cordial support.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

CnIcAao. Dec. 81.--Colonal W. II. Rol-
ton, ex- x-buperintenden Of Second Class
Mail Matter In the Chicago Post OfIlos,
recently indicted fer embsnxlemans in
the United States Distgiel Court,
this afternoon pleaded guilty 10 with
holding $1,000 from the 0oVernmenA
His counsel cited Calonel Bottoms hon-
orable var record, and the fact shat be
bad taFned over ell his property 70 the
Government, equal 10 aboat the amouut
OF the embexziement. The court aaid
ha won14 anfaT nanAauaa
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01
The Vacant Cabinet Seat.

LONDON, Dec. 3l.-,Lord Salisbury re-
turned 10 Hatfield tonight, leaving the
composition VI she Ministry still unoeF-
tain. He has offered Mr.. Goshen the
position Of Chancellor Of the Ex-
ehequeF. Goshen has consulted with
Lord Harrington, and IL taking time 70
eonsideF. AZ late honf tonight be
had not rsplisd and had given no signs.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

6AM knAnOl6co. Deo. 6l.-Ine oodnty
Grand JsFy to-day submistsd . FspoFt %
Jades Hast Of the eapsEfnr OoaFs. Il
hiahly eommends the pabiie ofaeass and
ths way ia whish the pzbile inssftutiens
ReneGAlly are managed OF TIE streets.
however, n nsya: " We God ths streets
of car city 10 dspi0fAhls sondiii0n.
We oan fnd no rsnedy snder the pres.
ems iAW. and tneFafose call tns at
tsufien u the Board of Rreoboid.
san, new IN easaian, 20 tAia im-
psFtaat sabisst." Il also calls A.
Isnfian 70 tns lack Of proper pabiie
sehool acoommoGAtions. - follows;
we made taor0ngh examinntion into
ths pahiie sshool aseommoessions iz
this Gssy, personally VISITING TIE aama.
6ome Is school baiidinGs wsrs exam
insd, % wiisA nunbeE = Eay b
passed ovsr wssh0ut saying more than
fhas so9a were orou9ed. some vtah
sossen and dsesyed pianktna, sazna
vita sngnf1aisnt ana danesr0as sxit
sspesiaily ths Ldssoi1 prinasy. OF tha
Fnnnainis4 - baiidinRs visited, n
ahsws6 marks of nealssl - tssstfy ~
appsshansiaa &C tMiary 10 ths haaitn d
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

The latest advises from Mandalay
stats tkat the British army Of oosapa-
sion are within two miles Of the great
ruby mines of BaKmah.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

Lard HartinRton, after q conferences
With Goshen, this morning called on
Salisbury and informed him Of che Dc
oision Of The Liberal UnioniEis 70 refuso
70 enter the Conservative Cabinet, al
though they would oontlnus 10 sap
port ft.
Terrible Aeciaeas Reported.
MApnAs, Dso. Sl.-A Gre broke out 10.
day In the reserve enclosures at The
Peoples Park. e. the annual fair va
being heid. A panio ensaad, and u h
reported thai several hundred pooplG
usss burned % crushed 10 death.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

LoxDoH, Deo. 3l.-Ten miners wore
killed this morning b. The falling Of .
cage IN oolliary ~ Houshton HpEinR,
IN DuFham.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01
oa . wLY Eo = oELETEsI.

Al The head q shs pEoesssisn rode
LAeut. Sen. Phil. H. Sheridan In his fall
unifoFD, sovssed By bic military cloak
With cne end thrown ever his shoulder.
He gaa followed By fear 1enbess Of
his ssaG 10 line. and thsy by the band
Of TIE ARTILLERY With NAMED and efaps
covered dFams, raAytne funeral mGFch.
Ths euna and oaissans Of the batteries
moved IL douhie line. a. 4 dismo1nted
artillery men uith their red lined cieaks
thrown bsck uAFched IN VlssooEs ~ IN
/ fMntry. The mmr1nes. hsadsd ~ their
band and drum cofpa, aAFried afns r.
vesaed, as did ths militia oRRasixAtioa.
Tha enloaa of al snRAntzstioAs weRs
| fuFied and dragged IN blaek. 6rasd
Arzny Pests and eli anifaFmed delsRa-
eiaas, toRsthsR wlsh six sArrisass CO.,
tAininR the mourBsra. eaargy ard pail
heareTs, preeeded the haafse. This 80
aFaun b fsaF spisits1 biaek horsss
covered slDosa easinely with aombeI
trappings Gnd eiothA and gosst
in ths oansaE of q hoiiow aqaAEI
formed by Ne Grad Afmy sssnFi
earssAnss elaaoa tAa pEseeezian- IL
hsoaa ssFssss wsse hep9 elsaR ef crowd
hy tAa polina. oa1 the sAoe9alk
thrsnahaai ~ pupaieas para of %
cspB wurs thFnaasd. assplta tsrFfbly Ia
easmana waae1ss. Whsa tie la@is g
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

Hnersased hank Deposits.
Nnw YoAK. Dec. The weekly bank
statement shovs the following F6serves
Increase, &5.029, $50. The banks nov
hold 81, nc. 800 In excess Of the % per
osnt rule.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

sAx FRGHoEsco. Dec. M.-Tks signal
HeFvica rspsria 9 oonsideEAbls ssoFm has
Developed in Northwestern Washinaton
TERRITORY. Tue Fatn and STERN AREA
sesms 20 BE- moving soaihwArd from
OAps Msndooino. Indisaaions foF tue
nexs a hours from .. N. are for Ore
Rsn and waahingtoa TArFitoFy thrsat-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

The solemn services we're begun by
reading Of the Goth psalm, BY Bishop
Andrews. DR.. Batter read as burial
sesvics o portion ct ths 18th OoEia-
thians. Prayer waa offered BY DR.. Tis-
fanny, and the fnnsrAl sermon vas deliy.
ersd By DE-. Newman.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

The hall Of the Senate was taslcfally,
thcugh not deliberately, decorated, and
the chair Of the dead Senator, the GO
oud Of the innsGmost row from the osn-
ter Of the aiale, was covered with Grape.
The desk was alnnost hidden In bsnk
Of heral emhlems, hanked on the right
and left respectively by hinge anchor
OF white and an immense representation
Of the badge Of tbe 18th Army Corps.
Thses hundred additional chairs had
been arranged In rows for ths AOcommo-
datioa Of those whe had been invited 10
do hOnoF 10 the dad
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01
A Burglar aalckIy Captured.
=.

WAzuNoToE. Dec. Sl.-A bold rob
berry vas perpetrated at the reaidsnca
ef Don Domingo 0and, The Gillian
Minister. last night The burglar was
T. B. Silva, Brazilian, Who had for
merly been employed IN the household.
About Q month ago Silva wan din
charged under suspicion, and went 10
New York. he returned last night, en-
tered the house Of his foFmeF omploVer,
and stole a sam Of naoney and e7OQ0
worth Of isWelsy and other valuablsa.
The thief vas arrested this morning
while boarding q train for New York,
and the vainahlaa raoovarad
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

The sarike . RaIIare

SAK FRAHOrsco, Dec. 5l.-rhe strike
on the SntteF and 0eaFy street railroads
continues, and the situation is IN
changed. no trouble Of any kind In re-
lAtion 10 the matter was reported today.
The opiBion Of those in pesisien 10 awe
an account Of the facts IL that the crisis
has passed, and that the companies
have proved that their cars can be run
utthoat the dissatisfied employees, and
the strike, 90 far ae any trouble is CON
osrnea, may b considered over. Officers
Of the pOlics still continue b RaaEd the
routes.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

BERLTn, Dec. S1.-Ths North German
Gezstte attributes the collapse OF teie-
graphic communication between Eng
lRnd and the continent during the
storm, 20 the eupidity OF the submarine
telegraph monopoly. Il expresses the
hope that she English government will
acquire control Of the cables.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

NoaAIsa {ArissaA). Dso. IA re-
port has Feae3td this city that severe
neht bad taken piaoe between Natiouai
troops and the Revolutionists In the
state Of Siaaioa, Mckee, and that ssve-
raj numbered men vera killed on both
afdaa
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

About year ago Captain II. Peletier,
an English pilot, took the ship Osciden-
tal cut from Liverpool. A storm aris-
ina the Captain Of the Oosldental
would not stop In order % permit Pele-
tier 70 return 70 Liverpool. nd In con-
sequence Ne vas broaRht 10 this port,
where be brought suis against the own
ers Of the ship. The q. s. Districs
Commissioner granted libellant 5000
dsmaRes. Both Iibellant and owners Of
the vessel took exceptions, the former
claiming the award vas too small aud
the latter that IL Was too much. Judge
Hoffman. before ahom the exceptions
we're argued. today rendered decision,
q{vfn0 8a0O0 damages.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-01

CLnvKLAND. Dec. Sl.-At 1870 thia
morning two boilers In TIE rnousr and
reaper works al Akron, O., exploded.
The two story brick boilsF house wan
damaltahed, and several man vera
oaried IN the ruins, which took aEa, and
u vas with difleulty they were rescued.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-09-03
AlkaIi Lands of the Southwest.

On the desert plains of the west and
the southwest are large white patches of
land, commonly known as alkali soil.
The popularity is caused by the presence
gated valleys much of this substance is
found, and in places it is impossible to
raise crops on account of its excess.
On the desert plateau, where agricul-
ture is impossible, the presence of the
alkai is of no economical disadvantage,
but in the fertile valleys it is a source of
much trouble to the agriculturists. BY
the natural processes of evaporation at
the surface and capillary rise from be-
low, these salts, which are present in
variable quantities in nearly all the
soils of the southwest, tend to accu-
mulate near the surface, and form the
etlorescence, which gives the appear
ance above noted Such soil, aside
from the destructive effects of the al
kali, cannot be used for crops, because
even the most thorough cultivation only
results in breaking the soil up into
hard Jumps. Each irrigation softens it,
but as soon as the sun has commenced
to dry the surface, it becomes hard and
cloddy.
A system of drainage must therefore
be established and in this way the land
can, doubtless, be made of great value,
for it is naturally rich The broadcast
culture of cereals is the worst possible
crop for an alkaline soil. They are
readily killed, do not admit of cuItiva-
ton, and give little protection to the soil
against evaporation. Deep roofing crops
which shade the ground are especially
well fitted for such soil Alfalfa, a very
profitable crop in the Southwest, takes
readily to alkaline soils, if the salts are
not too abundant All fruits, especially
the sweeter kinds, are found to flourish
in slightly alkaline ground. Possibly
sugar-cane and sorghum will find the soil
adapted to their demands. - American
AgricuIturist.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-09-03
A Great Singer.

In one of the many attractive environs
of London, Madame Jenny Lind Gold
schmidt lives to-day, passing her old age
in most peaceful, happy manner. She
is in her Goth year, but is still youthful
in feeling and intensely interested in
every musical event. Among the great
est of the achievements witnessed by the
people of Vienna was that accomplished
by herself, and it must be source of
great happiness to her to recall her tri-
umph in the Austrian capital. To-day
she passes quietly in and out of her home,
unnoticed except by those who know her
worth as friend and neighbor and
greet her with respectful Difference.
Forty years ago every civilized country in
the world knew of her wonderful pow
ers and was ready to do her homage.
She could not pass from her hotel door
without encountering crowds, who would
stand hours to see her. Probably no
woman upon the stage ever held precise
ly her position. There may have been
quite as much curiosity to see other ia
nous singers and crowds have followed
them, but the people of two worlds re-
spected Jenny Lind, and the old feeling
has not died out. She is still the great
artist and no one has dethroned her in
the hearts and minds Of these who
heard her years ago. London Musical
World.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-09-03

saw a woman's dress iiuttey among the
rocks and then disappear. We had no
idea who it was. So it remained a
mystery. My arm got we'll, and we
were making preparations for our we'd
ding, when one morning a boy brought
Harry note written in familiar
hand. He opened it, and this is what
he read:
Mr. HARRY ENGLEFIELD: I was in the
garden when you We're talking to Annie, |
loved you, but hated her Irolled the stone
down. I meant to crush her head, but did
not. Forgive my murderous intention |
have left, and you will hear of me no more
HELEN LEROY.
Harry looked at me- Poor Helen, s"
he said.
Harry and | were married. Years
later we heard that Helen had married
a wealthy man and was happy.
Harry does not envy her husband in the
least.